Definition of Bank

Babylon English Dictionary
institution for saving and borrowing money; riverbank; cashier; slope; mound, heap (of snow); row of keys (such as on a piano); memory slot, socket for connecting a memory chip (Computers)
money, cash (Slang)
deposit money in a bank; work as banker; count on, depend upon; go ashore
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Bank Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Glossary of Bookbinding Terms
A thin writing paper, white or tinted. See also bond.
Bank Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
(n.)
A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
  
(n.)
A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.
  
(n.)
A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment; a tribunal or court.
  
(n.)
A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
  
(n.)
A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
  
(n.)
A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a bank of clouds; a bank of snow.
  
(n.)
A sort of table used by printers.
  
(n.)
A steep acclivity, as the slope of a hill, or the side of a ravine.
  
(n.)
An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland.
  
(n.)
An establishment for the custody, loan, exchange, or issue, of money, and for facilitating the transmission of funds by drafts or bills of exchange; an institution incorporated for performing one or more of such functions, or the stockholders (or their representatives, the directors), acting in their corporate capacity.
  
(n.)
In certain games, as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
  
(n.)
The bench or seat upon which the judges sit.
  
(n.)
The building or office used for banking purposes.
  
(n.)
The face of the coal at which miners are working.
  
(n.)
The ground at the top of a shaft; as, ores are brought to bank.
  
(n.)
The margin of a watercourse; the rising ground bordering a lake, river, or sea, or forming the edge of a cutting, or other hollow.
  
(n.)
The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at Nisi Prius, or a court held for jury trials. See Banc.
  
(n.)
The sum of money or the checks which the dealer or banker has as a fund, from which to draw his stakes and pay his losses.
  
(v. i.)
To deposit money in a bank; to have an account with a banker.
  
(v. i.)
To keep a bank; to carry on the business of a banker.
  
(v. t.)
To deposit in a bank.
  
(v. t.)
To heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
  
(v. t.)
To pass by the banks of.
  
(v. t.)
To raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
  
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
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bank
\bank\, n. a group or series of objects arranged near together; as, a bank of electric lamps, etc.
bank
\bank\, n. (aëronautics) the lateral inclination of an aëroplane as it rounds a curve; as, a bank of 45° is easy; a bank of 90° is dangerous.
bank
\bank\, v. i. (aëronautics) to tilt sidewise in rounding a curve; -- said of a flying machine, an aërocurve, or the like.
bank
\bank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. banked(bă&nsm;kt); p. pr. & vb. n. banking.]
1. to raise a mound or dike about; to inclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank. "banked well with earth."
2. to heap or pile up; as, to bank sand.
3. to pass by the banks of. [obs.]


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Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1
banc
JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary
Ceulan = n. a hollow bank
Ebyrn = n. a brook bank
Eglau = n. a bank; a gulf
Gwaldon = n. raised bank
Torlan = n. a broken bank
Traethell = n. a sand bank
Tyrwn = n. a sand bank
Shakespeare Words
to sail by the banks
Australian Slang
amount of money used for betting when out gambling
(n) ATM (automatic teller machine)
carry or convey a second person on a horse, bicycle, or motorcycle
about unwise decision
English Slang Dictionary v1.2
money
WordNet 2.0

Noun
1. a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities; "he cashed a check at the bank"; "that bank holds the mortgage on my home"
(synonym) depository financial institution, banking concern, banking company
(hypernym) financial institution, financial organization, financial organisation
(hyponym) credit union
(member-holonym) banking industry, banking system
2. sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water); "they pulled the canoe up on the bank"; "he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents"
(hypernym) slope, incline, side
(hyponym) riverbank, riverside
3. a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)
(hypernym) reserve, backlog, stockpile
(hyponym) blood bank
4. a building in which commercial banking is transacted; "the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon"
(synonym) bank building
(hypernym) depository, deposit, repository
(part-meronym) vault, bank vault
5. an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers; "he operated a bank of switches"
(hypernym) array
6. a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home; "the coin bank was empty"
(synonym) savings bank, coin bank, money box
(hypernym) container
(hyponym) piggy bank, penny bank
7. a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth"
(hypernym) ridge
(hyponym) bluff
8. the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games; "he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo"
(hypernym) funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource
9. a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force
(synonym) cant, camber
(hypernym) slope, incline, side
10. a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning); "the plane went into a steep bank"
(hypernym) flight maneuver, airplane maneuver
(hyponym) vertical bank

Verb
1. tip laterally; "the pilot had to bank the aircraft"
(hypernym) tip
2. enclose with a bank; "bank roads"
(hypernym) enclose, inclose, shut in
3. do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank; "Where do you bank in this town?"
(hypernym) transact
(derivation) depository financial institution, banking concern, banking company
4. act as the banker in a game or in gambling
(hypernym) act
5. be in the banking business
(hypernym) work, do work
(derivation) banker
6. put into a bank account; "She deposites her paycheck every month"
(synonym) deposit
(hypernym) give
(hyponym) redeposit
(derivation) depository financial institution, banking concern, banking company
7. cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning; "bank a fire"
(hypernym) cover
8. have confidence or faith in; "We can trust in God"; "Rely on your friends"; "bank on your good education"; "I swear by my grandmother's recipes"
(synonym) trust, swear, rely
(hypernym) believe
(hyponym) credit
Bank Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
Company Info: Ticker, Name, Description
BANK OF AMERICA CORP
Exchange: NYSE
Bank holding company with subsidiaries which perform commercial banking operations, mortgage banking services, investment banking services, international banking services, leasing services, credit card services and other related financial activities.
Bank Of Davie
Exchange: OTCBB
Not Available
BANK OF ALAMEDA CA
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BANK BOYER BANCORP WALLA
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BANK CORONADO CA
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BANK HEMET CAL
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Bank of New York
Exchange: NYSE
Bank holding company with subsidiaries which perform commercial banking operations, investment banking services, credit card services, leasing, international banking services, mortgage banking services, trust services and other related financial activities.
BANK ASTORIA OREGON
Exchange: OTCBB
Not Available
BANK OF GRANADA HILLS CA
Exchange: OTCBB
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Bank Mutual Corporation
Exchange: Nasdaq
Performs savings and loan operations, mortgage baking and other related and other related financial activities. new registrant.
BANK OF NORTH CAROLINA
Exchange: OTCBB
Not Available
Bank of the Northwest
Exchange: Nasdaq
Not available.
Bank of South Carolina Corp.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Bank holding company with subsidiary which performs commercial banking operations, mortgage banking services, credit card services, investment banking services and other related financial activities.
BANK OF SACRAMENTO
Exchange: OTCBB
Not Available
BANK OF TIDEWATER VA
Exchange: OTCBB
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BANK UTICA NY
Exchange: OTCBB
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BANK OF VISALIA
Exchange: OTCBB
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BANK OF WESTPORT
Exchange: OTCBB
Not Available
BANK OF WILMINGTON
Exchange: OTCBB
Not Available
BANK KENTUCKY FNCL CORP
Exchange: OTCBB
Not Available
BANK OF NEW YORK
Exchange: NYSE
Not Available
BANK OF MONTREAL
Exchange: NYSE
Performs commercial banking operations and other related financial activities.
Bank of Marin
Exchange: Nasdaq
Performs commercial banking operations and other related financial activities.
BANK AMADOR
Exchange: OTCBB
Not Available
Bank United Corp. Litigation Contingent Payment Rights Trust
Exchange: Nasdaq
Not Available
Bank Northwest
Exchange: OTCBB
Not Available
BANK OF MCKENNEY VA
Exchange: OTCBB
Not Available
BANK OF JAMES
Exchange: OTCBB
Not Available
Bank Plus Corporation
Exchange: Nasdaq
Savings and loan holding company with subsidiaries which perform savings banking operations, insurance services, mortgage banking services, credit card services and other related financial activities.
BANK OF SALEM OR
Exchange: OTCBB
Not Available
Bank of the Sierra
Exchange: Nasdaq
Performs commercial banking operations, mortgage banking, credit card services and other related financial activivies.
BANK OF UTAH OGDEN
Exchange: OTCBB
Not Available
Bank West Financial Corporation
Exchange: Nasdaq
Savings and loan holding company with subsidiary which performs savings and loan operations, mortgage banking and other related financial activities.
Bank of Granite Corporation
Exchange: Nasdaq
Bank holding company with subsidiary which performs commercial banking operations, mortgage banking and other related financial activities.
BANK ONE CORP
Exchange: NYSE
Bank holding company with subsidiaries which perform commercial banking operations, credit card services, insurance services, leasing, investment banking services, trust services and other related financial activities.
BANK ONE CORP
Exchange: NYSE
Bank holding company with subsidiaries which perform commercial banking operations, credit card services, insurance services, leasing, investment banking services, trust services and other related financial activities.
BANK ONE CORP
Exchange: NYSE
Bank holding company with subsidiaries which perform commercial banking operations, credit card services, insurance services, leasing, investment banking services, trust services and other related financial activities.
BANK ONE CORP
Exchange: NYSE
Not Available
BANK ONE CORPORATION
Exchange: NYSE
Not Available
BANK ONE CAP V PFD
Exchange: NYSE
Not Available
Bank of the Ozarks
Exchange: Nasdaq
Bank holding company with subsidiaries which perform commercial banking operations, mortgage banking, trust services, insurance services and other related financial activities.
Bank of the Ozarks
Exchange: Nasdaq
Not Available
Bank Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
UK Post Codes and Counties
County:  Greater London
Post Code: EC3
Bank Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
Phobia
Fear of Swiss banks
Dream Dictionary
To see vacant tellers, foretells business losses. Giving out gold money, denotes carelessness; receiving it, great gain and prosperity.

To see silver and bank-notes accumulated, increase of honor and fortune. You will enjoy the highest respect of all classes.
  
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg Project
Dream Symbols
Energy, sharing, the heart, circulatory system, emotions; Robbery: inability to share;
Bank Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Fishery Glossary
An elevation over which the depth of water is relatively shallow, but normally sufficient for safe surface navigation. IHO/IOC (1985)
FAO
Bank Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
Desktop Publishing Glossary
A lightweight writing paper.
Henry Budgett
Glossary of Electronic Music Terms
(1) A set of patches. (2) Any related set of items, e.g., a filter bank (a set of filters that work together to process a single signal).
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Bank Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia
A bank is a financial institution and a financial intermediary that accepts deposits and channels those deposits into lending activities, either directly or through capital markets. A bank connects customers that have capital deficits to customers with capital surpluses.

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Bánk is a village and municipality in the comitat of Nógrád, Hungary.

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BANK was an artists’ group active in London during the 1990s.

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Bank Definition from Sports Dictionaries & Glossaries
Skateboarding Glossary
Any sloped area under 90 degrees.
Bank Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
The Scotch Whisky by SDA v.4.20
Bank Distillery
(a.k.a. Bank of Bishoptown Distillery)
(closed in 1937)
Founded circa 1820 by John Finlay
Location: Kirkcudbright, Lowland, Scotland
Bank Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
TUPAC SHAKUR Rap Dictionary V.2.0
(n) Money. "That's cool cause I whipped out bank" -- Sir Mix-a-lot (I got game
Rap-music terminology and bios of artists
(n) Money. "That's cool cause I whipped out bank" -- Sir Mix-a-lot (I got game [??]).
gambling
1. Pai Gow Poker; the bank shall mean the player who elects to have the other players and dealer play against the individual whom is banking, and accepts the responsibility to pay all winning wagers. 2. The playing stake of a player or team.
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n. DaH - of weapons